Vivariums and Contamination Control

Keeping Your Plants and Animals Healthy

Challenges in Vivariums

Any facility that keeps living things for scientific observation and research has challenges that are uniquely their own when it comes to contamination control. Many contaminants that are not usually present in a natural habitat can more easily invade a controlled environment. These contaminants may, or may not, be toxic to the plants and animals in a vivarium; still these contaminants can have adverse affect important research results.

Mold:

The warm, comfortable and humid environment required for keeping many varieties of plants and animals also creates favorable conditions for the growth of mold. Unless the mold is controlled, it can damage plants and sicken or even kill animals.

Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi:

Many types of animals are subject to the same infectious agents that sicken people so it is important to keep contaminants to a minimum in the controlled environments designed for animal study. Plants can also suffer from the presence of fungi, especially those that may have developed resistance to ordinary cleaning products.

Toxic Cleaning Solutions:

Not all products for cleaning are appropriate for use in vivariums. Some contain chemicals that may harm the plants and animals or possibly disrupt delicate symbiotic relationships between microscopic organisms and larger living things.

Protect Your Assets

You've invested considerable amounts of money in the controlled environments and living things you have put into your vivarium. Proper care and cleaning are equally important. Without proper cleaning and operating procedures, contaminants can sicken or kill your plants and animals as well as destroy results of months — if not years — of dedicated work.

When you're keeping living things for observation and research, it's vital to maintain an ecosystem that effectively simulates their natural habitat. Customized Performance Critical Cleaning Services helps you maintain the controlled environment in your vivarium by removing contaminants that can endanger those living things there. Our professionals know how to select the proper disinfectants to control harmful contaminants without endangering the plants and animals in your vivarium.

Maintaining Your Specialized Environment

At Customized Performance we are the micro-cleaning and decontamination experts and we have full appreciation of the specific challenges you face in order to maintain the delicate conditions in your vivarium.